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THE IXDIANAPOLIS NEWS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1SS5.

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. an ncDzrannurT newspaper. rt cukurt> rruT Arruvooif aicatt hl^dat *t JOHN H. HOLLIDAY * COTui. Njnra Bcilmmo. No. JO W. Wajhimoto* St. 1>ji1ciw1 at tba potnHo at IwUaaapoUL I«t.

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No eomniunlly emu pro*j>cr without law and order. ___________ The motto ot the li<iuor IrnlUc Keems to be rule mid ruin. The local contest Lera, ia excitini; treat interest all over the State. It ia fraught with more importance than many think. Mlftsob'iU lynchers, not satisfied with hanging a man, burned his body, Thia trying to wreak vengeance on cold day is another step in brotality, ^ TlIR collection of orchids docs not seem to be as sale a business aa collecting cbina, books and many other ankles. The total amount realised by the great sale in New York was $23,000 while the cost to Mrs. Morgan was nearly $200,000. Some of the republican candidates arc ▼ary alow in saying wua' th« v purpose to do about raising the saloon licenses. The public would like particularly to know what Mr, Benjamin and Mr. Caylor have to say an that subject. Let them speak one way or the other. There must be no dodging or shuffling. THE toene in the Criminal Coart yesterday was certainly a strange one, and exciting from start to finish. But the finish will not be complete until the men who tried to defeat justice in this bold and brazen way have an adequate punishment meted out to them. It is about time people learned that courts are not to be trifled with in such a way. It ETC B ns so liar indicate that the republicans have been defeated in the French election, wjiich took place on Sunday. They •ousted confidently not only on holding their strength in the Chamber of Deputies but cn increasing it, and, much to their chagrin, they have loot ground very considerably. Tlie conservatives are equally surprised at their success, and are wild with enthusiasm over the unexpected result.

Secretary Manning reports that the debt was decreased last month over twelve millions, but he faila to show bow thfs was done. Certainly none of the funded indebtedncae was paid and no greenbacks were redeemed. How was there a decrease? The administration has not paid off a single bond since U began, notwithstanding the money is piling up ia the Treasury and there are millions of 3 per cents, subject to a call. Edwin Alden A Bro., enterprising advertising amnia of Cincinnati, have just issued their annual American Ncwspajier Catalogue. According to this there are in the United States and the British Provinces % total of lfi.105 newspapers and periodicals, of which 15,368 are published in the United State* and 737 in the British Provinces. They are divided as follows: Dailies, 1,411; semi-weeklies, 188; tri-weeklies, 64; weeklies, 11,567; Sundays. 426; semi-monthlies, 356; monthlies, 2,010; bi-monthlies, 40; quarterlies, 141. Members of the Irish National League in Brooklyn and New York propose to scud flfiy orators over to Ireland to help Mr. Parnell In the parliamentary canvass. Whether Mr. Parnell will like thia sort of assistance does not see hi to be known, but it ie more than likely that his cool judgment will condemn the idea of citizen* of another country taking such an active part in an election in another. Whatever his judgment, it is likely to be good. lie has shown that fully in all the steps taken so tar in the election, and his policy is sure to get home rule for Ireland if be ia allowed to carry it out. Tas Freeman puts the case well in the

following:

We occasionally hear men say that they have wry little interest in the city election; lUaUho position of tha republican party it not lugical, inwhinueh as republicans are doing all in their

imwer to deftest Mr. Haugh. who voted foe the hundred dollar license, and to elect Mr. Hcnjahim. who la opposed to H: that Hr. benny should not have been nominated, and that the republican devotion to law aud order is Of quite recent

growth. .

grown.. .

Much of this I* unfortunately, true; aud while wo think that Mr. Hangh should bare been endorsed tad Mr. Benjamin repudiated by the republican party, we do not see that its failure to do Its duty hi these matters Is any reason why

Tom Coumll should be made mayor.

As between Cottrell and Denny, everything is tntavor of Denny. After admitting, therefore, the Illogical position of the republican party, and alter discounting bsavlly its besutiftil professions, the fact remains that iu candidate W-as even his adversaries mud admit—welt fitted for the oNkr. ("an this much bo said for Cottrell? If the food people of Indianapolis do their duty Mr.

benny will ha our next Mayor.

If uy democrat is afleciad by the idea that tha city contest ia one between the old parties on tbe old lines, be may find a speedy correction ia tbe font that tba Stataa allowing or txaetlug the highest license and the moat strenuous restraint of the liquor traffic %ra among the Strongest democratic Stataa in the Union. Probably the highest city license ia required in name of the oitiea of Missouri, and there is altogether a more rigid •eg«la|joa, and in many plants prohibition, •f the traffic in democratic Georgia than repnblican Maine. The appeal op one aide Is $0 the of duty that enforces and obeys the law, and on the other to the lawlessness mr indifierenea that resists or evades the law. And to neither is than proparly any element that a party man ia bound by nay party al-

legiance to regard.

Bpbelt onr prohibition Mends can not deny tha truth and force of tbe definition that $ Hjlooa license i* * tax levied because the tow regards the business with diatovor,

and means thereby to. curb its evils. It does not extend a privilege; it abridges a right. As little let our prohibition friends <le ly that there is no wrong in tbe simple act of lakin; a drink of alcohol, more or less adulterated with hope, malt, logwood, burnt sug^r and water and called by tbe various names of beer, wise, whisky and brandy and therefore that the liquor traffic jwhich springs from taking this and is uianifoHed to “tippling houses” and “dram shops” can not be “essentiallyl” evil, let them consider this and j then

address themselves to demon: the practical fact that the of evil that is embodied ii liqnor traffic and set forth in saloon: great as to overbalance the conceded 1 cent part of it; henoe calling for suppi So, begin the suppression by suppoi

every turn tbe license laws, so-called, which are to their extent prohibition, and seek by argument to carry the majority to the belief that those laws must be so onerous thit they will wipe out every bit of the evil; in the traffic, even if they have to wij>e out thp modicum of harmleasncss along with it. Thus progressing the proUihionisLs would! carry society with them, instead of insuring it at every turn with their far ago of nonsense that it is coddling and protecting

The Lay ot I>eath.

I breathe In the face of a maiden, 1 ki*« the salt mouth of a n>e; Yet not that I hate them, hut love them.

forth above them,

•— 1 tie lose.

i!y buck wings are sprc.i.1 forth i And around them tny pinions ii 1 love them so well tnat they die;

Yet iny heart with their sorrow is laden,

And sad with their cry.

Ye*, cruel my fate Is and bitter,

Th it nil things that I love should decay; Though my lingers fall soft a« the blossom I pluck, ruin would place in my bosom,

The* petals drop sadly away;

Even gold in my hand’becomes rust. And no gems on my forehead will glitter,

Rut change into dust.

Yet, O Love! thou art strong. I am stronger; Though thou shouldst strive, i prevail. Thy footstep is fleet; mine is fleeter, Thy kiss it is sweet; mine is sweeter.

1 whis-per the tenderer tale. O 1-ove. my dart pierces thy wing;

liongh thy reign may be long. Mine is longer.

1 am thy king!

—(From the ‘‘Two Ysoudes.’

“scuvrs.”

Robert Toomb* is worth $250,000. In Dublin market a “hundred eggs” counts

124.

The salary of a good designer in jewelry is

$4,000 a year.

It was the best season for passenger traffic

ever seen at Niagara.

and we ain’t charitabto”

The New Jersey cranberry crop is the

largest ever produced there.

Toronto’s total assessment is $71,721,559,

might contain. “It contains a mongoose.” was the answer. “And what isa mongoose?” the stranger queried. “A mongoose,” the gentleman replied politely, “Isan Last Indian animal that kills snakes.” “And what might you want a mongoose for now?'’ continued the inquisitive stranger. “Weil,” answered the gentleman, “I have a brother-in-law who has been a little too iond of tanglefoot whisky, ami sometimes he sees snakes, and so I am taking this mongoose to i him to kill the snakes.” The inquisitive | ranger hesitated a moment and then

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Blunders in Neck Dressing-

It is a noticeable fact, says the New York Evening Post, that scores of the best-dressed women in society, whose taste is correct and sometimes faultless in the matter of their varied toilets, make the,strangest and unaccountable plunders when they select and arrange their neck dressing. No matter how’ much is said or written upon the subject, one is sure to see the dumpy, short-necked woman with waves of lace anil flaring ruches, bows and frills, spread out in every direction,

nger hesitated a moment and then he j and the long angular woman of the “swan” said, “But those are not real snakes your j ty|>e with a little j'inebed collar to her bodice, brother-in-law sees!” “I know it,” returned ; with a two-inch frill or narrow strip of linen the quiet gentleman, “and this is not a real j inserted, and five inches of undraped throat mongoose!”—[The Critic. above. Another error is the w earing of any Among the wealthiest bankers of Russia | lady in the street, or on the cars especially, are the noble members of the house of Sclia- j a large quantity . ot white lace louchine. A couple ol generations ago their about the shoulders in the shape of

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‘essentially evil” thing, and commits j ami the population is 111,800.

ancestor was a serf, owned by one Count Scherciaetef. By dint of great industry this serf, as Life [Loudon) relates, amassed an enormous fortune. All his efforts to purchase his freedom, however, were of no avail, and oft- r*as high as $250,000 were scornfully rejected by his master, who seemed actually to enjoy the torture he inflicted ou his millionaire slave, who could neither bequeath his tortuue to his children nor otherwise benefit them without the consent of his lord. It hajtpened oue day that the Count had invited several friends to a dinner party, aud when his maitre d’hotel laid before him the menu for in-

berthas, fichus, jabots or collarettes, which are appropiate only to the drawing-room. And yet we s<*c every day handsomely and stylishly-dressed ladies who i in the matter of their costume show culture I and taste, and yet lack the one little essential that spoils the rest. A straight ] high collar, or a plain ruching with a narrow edge finishing it. is becoming to the majority of women, and it may be well to remark that no real lady is ever induced to wear much of anything else upon the street. The slender-necked woman may arrange a little choice lace, a small elegant Spanish scarf, about her throat, but this is the limit

the same evil by taking a drink as jit does by stealing or associating with prostitutes. The argument is not only diametrically wrong but the attitude necessarily assumed to make it is insulting to society sijnee it says to society "you are all gamblers and whoremongers and drinkers alike; we only are undefiled;” while lor themselves this attitude worlds in prohibitionists the spiteful temper of seeking to aggravate the drink 4vil in order, to work a reaction by repjulsion. “Come now, let ns” not only “reason together,” but act together, and just now let us smite^the evil of the drink traffic hjp and thigh by killing its purpose to inaugurate a a city administration given over to hjwlessucun, aud by crowding down on it tije prohibition of tlic traffic to the extent of a tax

of $100 a year.

The Keunion.

The people of the city and thej Slate would have done themselves a service to have attended more fully both the alli^rrtoon and night meetings of the surviving jmeiutiers of the Constitutional Convention jesu-r-day. Not that these survivors are relies of the ablest liody of Indianians ever assembled. In this regard most of those who either saw the convention or have read its debate-j, will agree with Mr. English. But that thf reminiscenees were a frequent revelation af just such matters as The News referred to yesterday. As Mr. Hendricks s;ijid in his concise and luminous exposition jof the changes made by the Constitution of li 60 on that of 1816: “In scarcely a single instance have the late ameudmeuts become new ssary because of any defective or incomplete work on the part of the convention. The Constitution then adopted stands s i most without change or modification.” This is true, except the abrogaTion of the Thirteenth Article, and that was never much I letter than a dead letter. Au organic act under which a State has been well and prosperously governed for a third of century, through changes as great and crises as momentous as our country has passed through in that jieriod, is not likely to he the work of'weak bauds, and for that reason, if no othqr, the people of to-day ahould know somethnig of the men who did it, and the part they; took in it That information came freely audsnterestingly in the proceedings and speeches

yesterday and last night,

be read in the reports, but a good deal can not, and, theretore, we say the people of the State and city would have done well to have given more attention to them.! It is certainly interesting to know from Mr. Morrison’s paper giving a briet account of the discussions of the free school j pro* visions, that the word "uniform,” describing a comuiou-school system, was retained after

Ex-5finister Lowell will devote himself to literature, spending a portion of each year

in Europe.

Somebody pocketed a tivo-hundred-and-fifty-dollar orchid at the sale of fine plants

in New York.

The German Bible for the blind costs twenty-five dollars and consists of no tevver than sixty-four volumes. Ann Arbor University opened tor business Wednesday with 936 students. The Ireshman class numbers 220. “A crank is a man who has a capital idea with not sense enough to carry it out,” says Dr. Crosby in a new definition. It is estimated that there have been Turkish rugs sold in Boston recently iu sufficieut quantity to cover Boston Common. The New York Young Men’s Christian Association owns real estate worth $630,000. The aggregate income is $16,000 aud ex-

penses $28,808.

An ordinary hen’s egg weighs from H to 2 ounces; a duck’s, 2 to 3 ounces; a turkey’s, 3 to 4 ounces, while that of a goose weighs

Iroiu 4 to 6 ounces.

Ex-Empress Eugenie writes: “I am left alone, the sole remnant of a shipwreck which proves how fragile and vain are the gran-

deurs of the world.”

A#Denver Chinaman, who stumbled over a ne>t ol hornets was seen the next moment living down the street yelling: “Joss!” “Dam!”

“Melican hellec, firee birds!”

A. M. Kciley, the rejected minister to Austria, has been selected by the Irish National League as orator for the great demonstration

in Philadelphia on October 28.

Old gentleman, lull of fun, to infant of eight summers, who is smoking a cigar—Can I trouble you fora light, mister? Infant of eight summers—Here you . \ my boy, but be sure you give me back the right out*.

—(Lite. •

Amateur Poet—Again the MS. of all my new poems has been returned to me: Oh, if I only knew how to win the editor’s favor. The Editor’s Friend—Oh, that’s very easy — don’t send him any more of your poems.—

[FJiegende Blatter.

A California doctor prescribed sherry for a lady, but as there was uo good wine in town he sent it from his own cellar. When the doctor’s bill came in, the lady’s husband lodged a complaint against the physician for

selling liquor without a license.

The great New York tin- goods firm of Bates, Reed <t Cooley expires by limitation a : January 1. Reed <k Cooley go into the commission business, but Mr. Bates will remain in the jobbing trade, which he has

followed for thirty-one years.

A woman recently entered a stor#an d sat down in front of an iron safe to warm her feet. After sitting some twenty or thirty minutes she remarked thus: “I never did

spection he was aghast to find that oysters | with ladies who are acknowledged authoridid not figure among the hors-d’tevres. ! ties in these matters. There are many ladies, In answer to his indignant remonstrances ! however, to whom a pure white linen collar that functionary assured him that oysters I is actually disfiguring, often inexplicably so, were not to be had at any price. At the'iiigiit ! even to those who have fairer complexions of the angry scene, which was continued | than those the collar becomes. In vain they

try one on again and over again in hopes of a new result, only to cast it aside in disgust. Sucli ladies find that plaitings of etamiue, net and tuelle are far better suited to them, and the stores are filled this season with lines ol dainty neck ruchings and traises, which are new, ladylike, and most becoming.

angry scene,

even in the presence of the guests, .Schalouchine was announced, jind in order to vent his wrath on the unfortunate serf the Count shouted out: “Show the slave in. What do you want, dog? * If you want your freedom, I tell you I will never grant it. I ca"re not for any offer you may make—no, not for a million rubles. A few dozen oysters at this moment would be worth more to me.” “Do i understand, tny lord,” asked the serf, “that you would grant me my freedom if 1 procure them tor you?” “Yes,” replied tbe Count, tnuch to the amusement of his guests. As it

happened, Schalouchine had brought a bar- , -

rel of oysters with him as a gift to his master, f "!!V\ S If**® a a ,al * a ”“

knowing of the great dinner-party. They ‘ ' r ' ’"

were brought in, the deed of freedom was immediately signed, and the Count, addressing his former slave with the utmost courtesy, said: “Sir, may I invite you to

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Mr. Frederick Bahr proposes at an early

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De 'Possum 'Feared 111 Jedgment. [Mania (Ua.) Tdegrapli. ] A planter owned a slave named Mose, who was an inveterate ’possum hunter. Away back in 1833 there was a most remarkable meteoric shower, popularly known as “when the stars fell.” Unde Mose was out in a hurricane track, where the logs lay thick, indulging in his favorite pastime. His boy | Jett was with h m, and they had caught a j ’possum and inserted its tall in a cleft sap- ! ling, in the usual fashion, aud Jeff was carI rying the pole ou his shoulder. Suddenly j the whole earth was illuminated by the j shower of failing meteors. Uncle Most* i gazed up in mute astonishment, as the blazi ing stars went shooting hither and thither, I stretching their flaming tails across the horizon in an awe-iuspirtug manner. Then ho stampeded. Hu would run a short distance, tall over a log, and then get on his knees aud pray. Then he would make another dash, trip over a decaving branch, aud begin praying again. Jeff scrambled after him, still holding on to his ’p issum. All of a sudden Mose remembered that it was Sunday night, and then he prayed louder than ever. Jeff called out: “Daddy, wot mus’ I do widdis ’possum?” “Great Lord o’ massy! Jeff, hab you got dat ’possum yit? Turn ’im loose! let 'im go, yo’ tool niggah! De worl’ am cummin’ to au ecu’, an’ w’en de Lo’d ax me wot 1 mean by huutiu’ ’possum on Sunday night, doan yo’ kuow I doan want dat ’possum to ’pear in judgment agin me?” Enough to Startle Law-Abiders. [Crawiordsvilie Journal.}

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"A Chick in the'Back” is many times a symptom of kidney disease. Hunt’s (Kidney and

Lit er j Remedy will cure it.

Fur women in delicate health, no medicine equals Hunt’s Remedy. AU female complaints ore speedly cured by it. It never fails.

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factory rates. Skat ■ saehels at reduced prices.

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a persistent attempt to change it to “ciAiitable.” That word “uniform” was the weapon

with which the Supreme Court killed all of the free schools worth any tiling in 1858. We also learn from this same authority that a “penny wise” economy struck down the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in the bommittee, aud it was only replaced by the convention after strenuous exertion of Mr. Morrison aud some of his associates. It is interesting to kuow how nearly the .-hate canie to losiug so indispensable a part of its school machinery. It is like looking back at a perilous parage after it has been unconsciously

(paned.

Probably the portion ot the proceedings that will attract most attention iu the reports was Mr, English’s summary o 'the “personnel" of the convention. It is doubtful if anybody else knew, or ever knew, so much of so many of the members, w here they were born, what they did, aud what became of them. Ouly six, it seems, Were aliens by birth, and of these but one—Judge Beattie McClellan, of Randolph, survives. Of the States in which the m.tive members were born, Indiana claims leas than five others, and of the hundred and fifty but thirty-three are living. This is very nearly tbe estimate made by The N ews a few weeks ago. Almost four-fifths are gone, of the remaining fifth probably a dozen will not be able to be present at all, and no reunion remains for them in this world. On oue point Mr. English's statement varies the estimate of The News consider&bly. He makes the number of lawyers but thirty-nine, wh ile we thoaght there were about fifty; sixty-two were farmers; sixteen doctors; merchants and traders, eleven; teachers, manufacturers and surveyors, two each; one tanner; one millwright; one bricklayer; ope miller; one accountant; one editor, and one banker. The editor Mr. English alludes to was probably Jaoob Page Chapman, then late of the Sentinel, but Alexander Morrison and Douglass Magaire had also been editors in this county, and Schuyler Colfax was at that time editor of the St. Joseph Valley Reg-

ister. ^

Where Uoeriee Can be BaUecL According to the reports of American

suls to tbe State Department, licorice c cultivated successfully in California, T and most of the Southern States. The United States last year imported 40,000,000 pounds

of the root, valued at $800,000.

FrogreftS In the South. | Boston Evening Record. 1

People who have been skepticel about the pregrees of the South are giving in now that two deaths in Georgia from base ball are reported in a single week. Every joint and muscle in my body gave me tbe most terrible pain from sciatic rheumatism. I used about three bottles of Atblopboros, have not had aay pain since and am well of my rheumatism. Mrs. A. E. Sherman. 159 Mala street,

Uforotte. lad.

like them kind of stoves. They don’t throw out scarcely any heat, those gas burners

don’t.”

Two hundred public houses iu London . were watched between the hours of 9 and 12

isome ot |t oan , on a rece nt Saturday night, for the purpose ’ of seeing how many persons entered them.

The count showed that they were visited bv 86,608 persons—men, women aud children—

during the three hours.

The body of the first Napoleon, buried at the Invalides, in Paris, is inclosed in five coffins; the first in tin, and the others in mahogany, lead, ebony and oak. All is placed in a sarcophagus of Finland granite—a present from Russia. The tomb was completed in 1861, and cost 6,7.30,000 francs. Some of the blind can read five or six hours without feeling fatigued. They use both hands in reading, the right forefinger being used chiefly to separate the words and syllables, while the left forefinger recognizes the word by itself. The use of both hands thus enables the blind, after some practice, to read quite as fast as a person who can see. Burglars have hit upon a plan by which the fiercest watchdog is rendered harmless. They take along with them another dog, and on arriving at the premises to be robbed, let him loose. Of course the watch dog, seeing a strange dog, stops to ask him what is the news, and while the two sagacious animals

ou the burglars go

“The GL Atlantic at Pacific Tea Co’« celebrated l eas aud Coffees have been

mj solace through life*’

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are exchanging informatio

in and get tne silver.

it.

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An introduction was accomplished at a dance in an Alabama town in this original manner: With great precision and a wave of the hand, the common friend said: “introduction.” Then he motioned to Ins city friend and said: “Miss Brown, lake the acquaintance of Mr. Styles.’’ Then, with another flourish: “Mr. Styles, take the acquaintance of Miss Brown.” Finally, with an even

All take

grander salaam than before,he said:

acquaintance.”

The candidate from Kentucky was before the Civil Service Commission. “What is the meaning of ‘idem?’ ” asked the examiner. “Whisky!” promptly answered the candidate. “Whisky!” exclaimed the disgusted commissioner. “You want to be Chief of the Bureau of Education and fail on a question that any schoolboy in America can answer. Idem means “the same.” “Well,” replied the candidate, “that’s whisky all over my Slate.” He got a four-thousand-dollar postoflice.—[Brooklyn Eagle. A San Francisco reporter, while passing along the street, was amazed to see through

lusty, the nail sank visibly into the wood os each was delivered, and still the man apparently suffered no pain. The reporter approached him, and learned that he had a hand and an arm, from the elbow down, of hollow steel, tbe natural limb having been lost by an accident twenty years before. The leading novelties in dry goods are boucle effects (pronounced booclav), and may be described as follows: Boucie is a French word, and means curled or kinked. One thread ol the warp is ot curly or kinked strands, which stand out from the surface in little wooly circles, giving the goods an all over “nappy” effect In some, colors are carelessly interwoven, producing, almost imperceptibly, narrow stripes and little blocks. Some are more decided, and some are of fine stripes, forming a border which is used for the trimming. Said a prominent real estate dealer the other day: “The first piece of land I ever bought in St. Paul 1 agreed to pay $2,000 lor. That Was away back in the early days. I was then a young man working on a small salary. I paid $.800 down and the remainder iu three equal annual payments. I tell you I had to iiustle to save $400 a year to keep up those pavmeuU, but I did it, and a few years later I had a nice home of my own. A short time ago I sold that identical property for $20,000. I tell you, the average young man makes a great mistake in throwing away his money on cigars and fine clothes when he might double it in a short time by a careful investment iu real estate.”—[Pioneer Press. . In an American railroad car there once journeyed a quiet gentleman having between his feet a basket of peculiar shape. An inquisitive stranger asked hies what the basket

control their city governaient; and it is well they are becoming aroused to the danger of such a corrupt and unscrupulous organization as that of saloon-k^pers, brewers and distillers. The contest in Indianapolis embraces something more than the question of high license. The saloon men have organized with the determination of electing a mayor who is pledged not to enforce even the poor pretense of a liquor law now on the statute teook. The question is: Shall the saloons of Indianapolis be allowed to set all law at defiance and turn the Capital of the State into a pandemonium? The idea of running a candidate for chief ruler of the Capital who is : pledged to tramffle the laws for the good : government of the city under his feet is ! monstrous enough to startle all the law- i abiding citizens of the State, and it is no | j wonder the people far and wide have their eyes ou the heated contest now going on in i the chief city of the Commonwealth. If : Mr. Cottrell and his gang of law-detiers are I uot buried under a majority of three thousand, the people of Indiana will have little occasion to feel proud ot their Capital.

The Wind.

A German writer estimates the number of blind jiersons in the world at about 1,000,000. This is not a mere guess, but is based on accurate statistics, which show that ou the average there is 1 blind person among every 1,400; hence, as this planet has about 1.400.000. 000 inhabitants, this would make 1.000. 000 blind folks. The European countries difl'er somewhat in proportion of blind inhabitants. In Austria 1 person is blind of every 1,785; In Sweden, of every 1,418; in France, of 1,191; in Prussia, of 1.111; in England, of 1,037. Then follow with a still larger percentage, Russia, Norway and Finland. The largest number of blind persons is to be found in Egypt. At Cairo, 1 person among 20 is blind, and Dr. Franks, of Vienna, once encountered in one morning’s ramble almost 1,000 blind men and women. Many are also lound in China and Japan. Germany has the largest number of asylums for the blind, namely, 35; then follows England with 26, France 13, Aussria-Hungary 10, Italy 9, Belgium 6, etc. America, Asia and Africa together have only 6 asylums. From Gonerals to Particulars. I New York Tribune, i Sometimes strange difficulties are encountered by the young ladies who are endeavoring to teach Christianity to the Chinese m the Sunday-schools ot the Metropolis. One of the most conscientious as well as one of the brightest aud prettiest of these teachers was attempting in a Brooklyn school recently to inculcate upon the heathen mind of a sleek-looking Mongolian the leason ot charity toward all. “God loves every one.” she said. “We should love every oue.” The Chinaman looked meekly lip into her face and quietly asked: “Does God love me?” “Yes,” tne young lady replied. “Do you love every one?” was the next pointed inquiry. “Yes,” she answered. “Do you love me?”

“Y-y-yes ”

“Will you mally me?” There was no direct answer to this question, but the teacher has since changed her pupil for a Chinaman of lese logical turn of

mind.

A View That Should Commend Itself. (Kansas City Star.] Philadelphia’s preachers recently protested against the new special delivery postal seryiee being made applicable to Sunday business, on the ground that it is au unnecessary violation of the day. The ludiau&i>oii* News points out the folly of this complaint aud holds that the new service may be made to work a decided reformation. By its universal adoption the general delivery may be closed on the Sabbath, as any letter whose importance demauds its deliverv on Sunday will be worth the ten .cents necessary to secure the advantages of the new service. This view of the matter is a very sensible and practical one and should commend itself not ouly to moralists but to the Postoffice Department as well. Roman the Color. A dull gold known as “Roman” is in fashion now. The testimony of the clergy supplements that of person* iu every other walk of Hie In restart! lo the virtues of Mtshiers Herb Bitters. Rev. Thomas Starkweather, who was long affected with a distressing cold, was told to use the medicine; he did so without much confidence In the preparation, but he odds: "I am bound to sav the Bitters (Hired me. and 1 own myself a convert to its efficiency."

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